Friendship is beautiful

Friendship…

Friendship is not saying the right thing at the right time

Friendship is covering for your friend because he would do the same for you

Friendship is to forgive mistakes because loyalty and relationship is what matters more

Friendship is not having to say “you are a bitch” but knowing it and living with it

Friendship is not about picking sides.. it’s about being there for your friend whenever he needs you

Friendship is about fighting and getting back.. not about holding grudges.

Friendship is not about right and wrong.. it’s about seeing from your friend’s perspective

Friendship is fights, confrontation and being true.. even if that seems intimidating

Friendship was when I told you that I care .. and when I told you you are being stupid.. and when I asked you to be careful.. and when you did the same for me

Friendship was when we cried together and we laughed together.. when I did silly things and you asked me if I was out of my mind

Friendship was when we loved unconditionally and we sacrificed generously.. when pretence was not a part of our life

Friendship was beautiful while it lasted. Unfortunately, it did not last forever.

A serene weekend at the vineyards in Nashik

Last weekend for me was supremely relaxing! We spent 2 days at the vineyards in Nashik. It feels so great to unwind with brilliant wines after a tiring week at work! Here is my little picture story from the last weekend… hope you enjoy reading it and make a plan to visit Sula or York or both soon!

Our drive to Nashik was very comfortable. It took about 3 hours from Mumbai. We were not particularly driving fast (husband was driving . There was unbelievably less traffic on the road and the scene was beautiful!

Our travel plan was not really made well in advance. So in spite of wanting to stay at Sula, we could not get a room there and we chose to stay at Express inn – which is one of the hotels recommended by Sula on their website (due to proximity to Sula I guess) and is right on the highway connecting Mumbai and Nasik (so there is no need to enter the city).

We reached Sula Vineyards in the afternoon and the view was spectacular. Everything was so much better than I had imagined! There was a beautiful Vineyard, a wine tasting room and a deck with a great view of the vineyard, 2 restaurants, the wine making tour and a so many more things!

After a satisfying wine tasting and some shopping (Shiraz – Dindori Reserve) we headed back to our hotel right after the sunset. This is the view from the elevator of our hotel. I’m glad we chose Express inn!!!

The next morning we chose to visit another Vineyard called York. York is also located on the same road that Sula is. It is about 3 km ahead on the same road. We had not heard much about this place except from a friend’s little sister, so were quite excited to check it out. Again, we were pleasantly surprised by York. The place has an extraordinary view (I may say even better than that of Sula). We were going to drive back post lunch so we didn’t indulge in the wine tasting at York.. but bought a few bottles of their late Harvest Chenin Blanc and had It later after reaching Mumbai. Delicious! Apparently, the wine is available ay Nature’s Basket.

The drive back was also very comfortable.  This was yet another successful road trip. And now I can’t wait to visit once again!

Places I’d Like to Go

If you are not visiting my blog for the first time today, you probably know that I love travelling and taking photos on my trips.

For a change, this post is not about some place I have already visited.

This one is about those thousands of places out there that I am yet to explore!

For a while now, I have been collecting pictures on Pinterest. Pictures of places I’d like to visit..

This post is about my gorgeous aspirations.

Cantabria, Spain

Dordogne River Valley, France

Lake Louise, Canada

Ocean View, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Petra, Jordan

Riomaggiore, Italy

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona – need to revisit!

Somewhere in Italy

St. Emilion France

St. Emilion France

The Forgotten Temple of Lysistrata, Portugal

The village of Loutro on the Greek island of Crete

Tunnel of Lights, Japan

Tuscany

Victoria Falls from Zimbabwe Side

Yellowstone National Park

By the way, I keep adding pics to my little ‘board’ on Pinterest. You could follow my board to see more impressive pictures by clicking here.

You could also follow my other boards on Pinterest by clicking here.

Grand Hyatt Bambolim Goa

This week I got lucky again! So this time, my company’s conference was in Bambolim, Goa.
I spent 2 nights and 3 days in the Grand Hyatt there!
As you would expect, I didn’t have enough time to go out of the hotel, but I thoroughly enjoyed spending time in the hotel and using its facilities.
Here are the few pictures I took in this heavenly place.
Wasn’t carrying my fancy camera so these are all clicked and instagramed on my iPhone 4.

The Greyindecision Blog in 2012 – Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,500 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people.

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Incessantly Blue and Gorgeous Andaman Islands

Just in case you aren’t familiar with Andaman: the Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal, between the Indian peninsula to the west and Burma to the north and east.

My husband and I chose to visit Andaman and were absolutely charmed! Below is a short collection of a few photos we took at my favorite island – Havelock.

The beautiful island

As we approach Port Blair

Our scooty. Its convenient to hire a bike in Havelock

The chalet – we stayed in one of these

Coconut trees and the blue water – very soothing

A few mangroves… adding some more color

Isn’t it gorgeous!

View from our hotel – Sea Shells

Radhanagar Beach

Just before the sunset

Apparantly Radhanagar is one of the top 7 beaches in Asia

So quiet and peaceful!

Colors are magical

As the sun sets

The sky is just soo blue…

As we sail

See the lighthouse beach

Will always remember this tree…

The beach behind Sunrise Cafe

Just sets a new mood

Can we pause this moment!

Pretty Pretty

On our way to another beach..

Radhanagar again in day time

What a holiday!!!

The Leela Palace Udaipur

So this week I spent a few days in the Leela Palace of Udaipur. The purpose of my short trip to Udaipur was a conference, so I didn’t have enough time to go out and do a lot of sightseeing.

The Leela Palace Udaipur is a grand structure overlooking Lake Pichola. With it’s palatial accommodations, the architecture and decor of this hotel are inspired by the royal history of Rajasthan.

Below are the few pictures I took in this magnificent hotel.

The Vintage and Classic Car Collection of the Palace Udaipur

In my super short trip to Udaipur this week I was lucky enough to be able to visit the Vintage Car Museum! I wasn’t really carrying a real camera, so took pics with my iphone cam. Hope you like the pics!

The Roaring Black Beast

I haven’t been so excited in a while! We booked it in February 2012 and finally on the 30th June it came home!
Beautiful and powerful – Ronit’s Classic 500.

Picturesque Granada

This was really long back, in the summer of 2009. My friends Denise and I decided to take a trip to Spain and Portugal.

Everything was set and our tickets were booked when on a friend’s recommendation, we decided to make a last minute addition to our list of places to visit.  The addition was Granada – a small town in Spain with a huge palace called Alhambra. The friend who insisted that we visit Granada also mentioned that it was the only place in Spain where we would find Arabic architecture.

Well, as soon as we saw what she wanted us to see, we were mesmerized.

Here are a few pictures we took. Hope you like them. And below is a little more Wikipedia information about this place, in case you decide to explore further after seeing the pics.

Photos from Alhambra

Photos taken in Granada after the Alhambra visit

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil.

The Alhambra, a Moorish citadel and palace, is in Granada. It is the most renowned building of the Andalusian Islamic historical legacy with its many cultural attractions that make Granada a popular destination among the touristic cities of Spain. The Alhambra was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.

The Alhambra was so called because of its reddish walls (in Arabic, («qa’lat al-Hamra’» means Red Castle).  It is located on a strategic point, with a view over the whole city and the meadow, and this fact leads to believe that other buildings were already on that site before the Muslims arrived. The complex is surrounded by ramparts and has an irregular shape.

In the 11th century the Castle of the Alhambra was developed as a walled town which became a military stronghold that dominated the whole city. But it was in the 13th century, with the arrival of the first monarch of the Nasrid dynasty, Mohammed I ibn Nasr (Mohammed I, 1238–1273), that the royal residence was established in the Alhambra. This marked the beginning of its heyday. The Alhambra became palace, citadel and fortress, and was the residence of the Nasrid sultans and their senior officials, including servants of the court and elite soldiers (13th-14th centuries).